Originally Posted by Drithius
No real interest, but I have to say that that's a heckuva lot of "Limited Access", story content or not.

The best F2P models I've seen have been those of DDO & CoH. Neither are obnoxious in segregating their player base.

I'm only interested in the story and most F2P rpg's limit most of what you can do. There just making you buy cartel coins or a subscription to get unlimited play options. F2P doesn't mean you get everything free.

-- "If I've ever offended you, just know that from the bottom of my heart, I really don't give a shit."

Dunno what to say… I've played plenty of F2P games, and some were interesting and fun enough to make me buy more content (for example unlocking new areas in wizard101), but some were so bad/boring/annoying that buying additional features instead of leaving the game for good was out of a question.

What will happen with SW:TOR? Does the free part contain such stuff that could make you want the stuff that is not free?

Originally Posted by joxer
What will happen with SW:TOR? Does the free part contain such stuff that could make you want the stuff that is not free?

SWTOR F2P is supposed to let you see all the classes stories (but with character creation limitations and a few gameplay ones) for free. It's pretty much the only thing worth it in the game though (the class stories).

Their restrictions are ludicrous. I think it's just another example of EA not understanding their audience - no matter how hard they try making games into products. I'm thankful they're not smarter, as it wouldn't take much of a brain to turn their empire into a dominant one.

They're stupid enough to claim they have a great game with the only problem being that people were simply unwilling to pay a sub for it. That's their first mistake. If games like Rift, WoW and EvE are proof of anything - it's that fans are definitely willing to pay a sub for games they think are worthy playing.

Their second mistake is how they've implemented this F2P model.

Really, they must be exceedingly stupid to believe in this approach. Amazing, actually.

This will only serve to drive people away and have them badmouth it even more. Being EA - that's the last thing they need.